fiddlehead season

Bladite

Bladite

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yar, it be fiddlehead season :) so tastey, though honestly, i prefer the tender stems more than the actual heads - even YOUNG they always seem a bit ... chewy or something. tastes like asparagus :)

probably too late for anyone south of CT, but if not, go thee and fetch :)

bladite
 
I need to try some fiddleheads. Do you wash them up and scrape off the fuzz, or do you just eat them straight?

But I love fresh spring sorrel, and baby sassafrass leaves, when I have the heart to yank one off a tree.

Take care.
 
You guys are over my head here. What is fiddlehead? I've, of course heard of sassafrass and sorrel.
 
I thought you meant Fiddleback Spiders. Now, those are good eatin. Unless of course, one bites you first.







munk
 
You stole Bruise's line, Munk.

I tried a fiddlehead last year at the Camp because I'd heard that they were edible and I was curious. It tasted sort of like lawn clippings with a hint of citrus. Is this correct or did I eat the wrong thing?
 
munk said:
I thought you meant Fiddleback Spiders. Now, those are good eatin. Unless of course, one bites you first.
munk
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I killed one this morning in our house that came skuttling out of one of Hannah's blankets that was laying on the floor!!!!!! Watcherass southerners. Learn to tell them from the good spiders at a quick glance. They're everywhere down here and love shoes in the garage, towels, blankets etc.
 
fiddleheads, as in "baby ferns", you want to get them before they are two-three inches out of the ground - it's the round part MOST people want... you remove the scale/brown fuzz - inedible - and boil them in roiling salt water for 7-10 minutes - a little crunchy - tastes a lot like aparagus... google on "fiddleheads" for recipes and things. they even sell them frozen now :) from Maine!

if it's citrus lawn clippings, and looks vaguely like clover, it's sorrel :>

you can also brew a nice cup of pine needle tea too, the tea, probably the sorrel, and for sure fiddleheads have a lot of vitamin C. hard to get scurvy in new england if you know what to eat. other vitamins too :)

bladite
 
Thanks for the info, Bladite. I have a few good books about wild edibles, but most seem more academic than practical. The best I've read/used was "Mountain Medicine" by Darryl Patton.

Citrus lawn clippings...mmmm...

+1 on the pine needle tea! Good for colds, and will kill a cough. Honey goes well in it, too.

Take care.
 
aproy1101 said:
Pics? Please.
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you want pictures of "salad?" before or after eating? ;P

erm, google "fiddleheads" - many pictures :)

back to bed for a nap for me - tired and sore and cold like. just annoying. la!

bladite
 
See, this is why I don't buy those books about edible flora anymore. I always misidentify what's around me and wind up eating the wrong things.

Fortunately for me, God loves fools. I still made the choice to quit while I was ahead though. The only greens I eat when I camp come in cans. (The ultimate irony, of course, would be to get nailed by botulism one of these days.)
 
Dave?

From personal experience, I think it is not so much that God loves fools, but that they are so amusing, He just prolongs the experience to see how ridiculous we can be.

My first "wild edibles" book didn't have illustrations. I've always envisioned someone coming upon my skeleton by a trailside, with the book in one hand and a sprig of deadly nightshade or its ilk in the other.:D
 
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